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Buon giorno, Roma!

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July 3rd 2010
So I have, at last, arrived in Rome. When I started up this blog it seemed like just a distant thought for the future, but now here I am, half a world away. Excuse me while I act like a small child for a few minutes and jump up and down while squealing. Don't worry, I'm doing it in my hotel room, not in public. Right. That now out of the way, allow me to recount my journey as it has transpi ... read more

Europe » Italy » Lazio » Rome

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Italy became a nation-state in 1861 when the city-states of the peninsula, along with Sardinia and Sicily, were united under King Victor EMMANUEL II. An era of parliamentary government came to a close in the early 1920s when Benito MUSSOLINI establis... ... read more